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The Rebbe’s Yahrzeit

The life of a tzaddik is not a life of the flesh, but a spiritual life consisting wholly of faith, awe, and love of G‑d.

The Rebbe’s Advice for Life

June 30, 2022

This Shabbat, 3 Tammuz, is the 28th yahrzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory.

By Dovid Zaklikowski

June 30, 2022

Rebbe

The Lubavitcher Rebbe, A Master of the Spirit

What was it about the Rebbe, I am often asked, that set him apart as the Jewish leader par excellence of our generation?

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

June 30, 2022

Lessons We Live With: The Rebbe’s 25-Cent Lesson

Ahead of Gimmel Tammuz, Lubavitch.com asked Shluchim to share a teaching of the Rebbe that informs their approach to shlichus, and their lives. On a Sunday…

By Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin

June 29, 2022

Lessons We Live With: An Infinite Reservoir

Ahead of Gimmel Tammuz, Lubavitch.com asked Shluchim to share a teaching of the Rebbe that informs their approach to shlichus, and their lives.

By Rabbi Mendel Rivkin

June 28, 2022

Lessons We Live With: Moshe’s Sheep

Ahead of Gimmel Tammuz, Lubavitch.com asked Shluchim to share a teaching of the Rebbe that informs their approach to shlichus, and their lives.

By Rabbi Levi Greenberg

June 27, 2022

History

Today in Jewish History: The 81st Anniversary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Arrival in America

Today marks 80 years since the safe arrival of the Rebbe and his wife, on the shores of America after escaping from Europe.

June 27, 2022

Weekly Torah Thought

The Long Way Around

The spies sent to scout the Land of Israel took an unusual approach with a universal message

Ep. 26: From Revolutionary Iran To Outreach In California

June 23, 2022

Podcast

The 26th episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

Two Boys Cross Front Line of Ukraine War to Rejoin Friends

June 22, 2022

Ukraine

Until late February, Avraham and Mendel called Zhytomyr home. The Alumim residential facility there gave a safe and nurturing environment to the two young boys…

June 21, 2022

The Self I Tried To Lose

Individuals who have come to Torah study as adults reflect upon something that they have learned

By Hen Harpaz

June 20, 2022

The King’s Cups

Individuals who have come to Torah study as adults reflect upon something that they have learned

By Sarah Crews

June 19, 2022

Weekly Torah Thought

The Perfect Verb

An unlit candle is only missing one tiny detail, but that tiny detail is its entire purpose

June 16, 2022

We’re Taking the Ramp

There are seventy “faces” to the Torah, says the Midrash. Like a prism refracting disparate colors of light, Torah enlightens the entire spectrum of humankind…

By Donny Friend

June 15, 2022

A Jewish Burial Ensured for a Jew from Chengdu, China

Let My People Know!

Torah study isn’t just for school, or only in the shul. It isn’t limited to a particular age or stage in life, nor to a…

By Boruch Werdiger

June 13, 2022

Funeral

Having left his native Philadelphia behind to practice and teach law in China, professor David Ginsberg grew to appreciate the small Jewish communities he frequented…

Ep. 25: Transforming Unfathomable Loss Into Jewish Light And Warmth

June 9, 2022

The 25th episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

Remembering Sinai, Reliving the Experience

June 8, 2022

Holiday & Shabbos

A survey by Kelton Research found that less than six in ten Americans knew the sixth commandment, “Thou shalt not kill”

Good Deeds for Daniel Perelman

June 2, 2022

Lifecycle

After a young man passed away in an airplane crash, his Wisconsin community is coming together to do mitzvot in his memory

June 1, 2022

A Question of Social Tact

In this feature, we invited individuals who have come to Torah study as adults, to reflect upon something that they have learned.

By Ari Hoffman

May 29, 2022

Lifecycle

A Funeral & a Bar Mitzvah

After Naomi Rosenberg’s funeral, Rabbi Alter Korf brought her dream true by celebrating a bittersweet Bar Mitzvah with her two sons

By Rabbi Alter Korf

May 26, 2022

Ukraine

Rabbi Moscowitz Returns to Wartorn Kharkiv

Three months after the war began, Rabbi Moshe Moscowitz drove fifteen hours back to his Kharkiv community and synagogue

May 24, 2022

Rifka’s Hot & Cold Journey to Judaism

After her stormy teenage years, Rifka Chilungu gave up on atheism, got hooked on Judaism, and missed her college graduation to attend a Brooklyn seminary

Young North American Jews Bond on Volcano Getaway

May 22, 2022

Young Professionals

Dozens of young Jewish professionals from across the United States bonded on a Chabad getaway to Antigua, Guatemala last weekend